This is a blog about gardening, where I'll share pictures of my garden, offer thoughts and tips, and hopefully inspire.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

LYCHNIS

Lychnis coronaria or known by its common name Campion Pink is an easy care attractive perennial with silver grey green foliage and bright magenta coloured flowers from the Pinks Family. They require full sun and infrequent summer water. Mine I unfortunately had to remove because it freely reseeds ending up in my lawn and throughout one of my borders. This can be prevented if you continually remove spent flowers, which is not an easy task because when in bloom they produce many flowers. But given the right place I would considerate again in the future because the flowers are so intensely coloured. For those interested in the background of the above picture is Oriental lily " Le Reve"

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About Me

I've been in the floral and horticulture business for over 30 years, with a college education in Ornamental Horticulture. I started growing sweet peas for my Mom when I was a young kid and have had the gardening bug since.